The real religion?

[SteveII]

Show me how any of my arguments for the NT could be applied to the gnostic or other "gospels".

I'm not a NT or other gospel scholar. Just saying, they were written around the same time, in the same manor (second hand) about the same subject(s). Other than the NT gospels being canonized years later, how do they differ in origin? Couldn't  all the arguments you've given for the NT gospels also be applied for the acceptance/belief for the other gospels?

Written around the same time? No, they were not. So, the authors were certainly not eyewitnesses nor knew any eyewitnesses. Also, the content of the gnostic and later "gospels" contain a different theme and message than the period canonical books and were refuted by contemporaries and people immediately following these much later authors.